"suggests that at the base of the censorship of the Fascist regime in the novel there had also been a personal antipathy between the writer and Benito Mussolini. Hemingway had interviewed him in 1923, shortly after he seized power, and in his article in the ""Toronto Star"" he poured scorn on Mussolini, calling him ""the biggest bluff in Europe."" But, apart from the official reactions, it is known that Mussolini did not like the article at all: Hemingway described Mussolini as trying to impress the media by pretending to be deeply absorbed in reading, while in reality holding a French-English"
"War- (1929) and ""Behind the Lines"" (1930). Morris served in the British army during the war. ""A Farewell to Arms"" is a novel by Ernest Hemingway set during the Italian campaign of World War I. The book, published in 1929, is a first-person account of American Frederic Henry, serving as a lieutenant (""Tenente"") in the ambulance corps of the Italian Army. The novel is about a love affair between the expatriate American Henry and Catherine Barkley against the backdrop of World War I, cynical soldiers, fighting and the displacement of populations. The publication of ""A Farewell to Arms"" cemented Hemingway's"
"Agnes von Kurowsky Agnes von Kurowsky Stanfield (January 5, 1892 – November 25, 1984) was an American nurse who inspired the character ""Catherine Barkley"" in Ernest Hemingway's ""A Farewell to Arms"". Kurowsky served as a nurse in an American Red Cross hospital in Milan during World War I. One of her patients was the 19-year-old Hemingway, who fell in love with her. By the time of his release and return to the United States in January 1919, Kurowsky and Hemingway planned to marry within a few months in America. However, in a letter dated March 7, 1919, she wrote to"
"during World War I. Agnes von Kurowsky Agnes von Kurowsky Stanfield (January 5, 1892 – November 25, 1984) was an American nurse who inspired the character ""Catherine Barkley"" in Ernest Hemingway's ""A Farewell to Arms"". Kurowsky served as a nurse in an American Red Cross hospital in Milan during World War I. One of her patients was the 19-year-old Hemingway, who fell in love with her. By the time of his release and return to the United States in January 1919, Kurowsky and Hemingway planned to marry within a few months in America. However, in a letter dated March 7,"
"George Orwell Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950), better known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist, essayist, journalist, Imperial police officer, and critic whose work is marked by lucid prose, awareness of social injustice, opposition to totalitarianism and outspoken support of democratic socialism. Orwell wrote literary criticism, poetry, fiction and polemical journalism. He is best known for the allegorical novella ""Animal Farm"" (1945) and the dystopian novel ""Nineteen Eighty-Four"" (1949). His non-fiction works, including ""The Road to Wigan Pier"" (1937), documenting his experience of working class life in the north of England,"
"novel ""A Farewell to Arms"" (1929), which is set in northeast Italy during World War I, is credited with bringing the word into the English language. In contemporary Italian usage, ""ciao"" is interchangeable for both an informal hello and goodbye, much like ""aloha"" in Hawaiian, ""salām"" in Arabic"", shalom"" in Hebrew and ""annyeong"" in Korean. In Italy, ""ciao"" is mainly used in informal contexts, i.e. among family members, relatives, and friends, in other words, with those one would address with the familiar ""tu"" (second person singular) as opposed to ""Lei"" (courtesy form); in these contexts, ""ciao"" can be the norm"
"Armand d'Artois Armand d'Artois (3 Octobre 1788 – 28 March 1867) was a 19th-century French playwright and librettist, and also Achille d'Artois's brother. Aimed at the bar, he first worked by an attorney but the success of his play ""Les Finacés"" in 1808, decided him to devote entirely to literature. In 1814, he joined the guards of the king of Belgium and left the military service after receiving the Legion of Honour in 1818. A very prolific author, he wrote under various collective pseudonyms such as Emmanuel, with Emmanuel Arago, M. Sapajou, with Francis baron d'Allarde and Gabriel de Lurieu."
"Rebecca Agatha Armour Rebecca Agatha Armour (25 October 1845 – 24 April 1891) was a Canadian teacher and novelist born in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Her fiction is said to have provided a ""rich depiction of New Brunswick social life during the 19th century,"" in line with her intention of cherishing ""every right and institution which makes our beloved New Brunswick the pride of its loyal people."" Armour was the eldest of the four daughters of a grocer, Joseph Armour (1798–1876), and his wife Margaret Hazlett (died 1891). Both her parents had immigrated from Ireland, her father from Coleraine in Ulster."
"also includes the Matilda and Karl Pfeiffer Education Center, a Tudor-style home where Pauline's brother and his wife lived before it was opened to the public in 2004. Pfeiffer House and Carriage House The Hemingway-Pfeiffer House, also known as the Pfeiffer House and Carriage House, is a historic house museum at 10th and Cherry Streets in Piggott, Arkansas. It is where novelist Ernest Hemingway wrote portions of his novel, ""A Farewell to Arms"". Hemingway was married to Pauline Pfeiffer, the daughter of the owners of the house, Paul and Mary Pfeiffer. Pauline Pfeiffer, Hemingway's second wife, had grown up in"
"Joris-Karl Huysmans Charles-Marie-Georges Huysmans (; 5 February 1848 in Paris – 12 May 1907 in Paris) was a French novelist and art critic who published his works as Joris-Karl Huysmans (, variably abbreviated as J. K. or J.-K.). He is most famous for the novel ""À rebours"" (1884, published in English as ""Against the Grain"" or ""Against Nature""). He supported himself by a 30-year career in the French civil service. Huysmans' work is considered remarkable for its idiosyncratic use of the French language, large vocabulary, descriptions, satirical wit and far-ranging erudition. First considered part of Naturalism, he became associated with"
"Millionaire"" (1858), ""Faint Heart Never Won Fair Lady"" (1859), and ""Holidays with Hobgoblins"" (1860). Dudley Costello Dudley Costello (20 July 180330 September 1865) was an Anglo-Irish soldier, journalist and novelist. The son of Colonel J. F. Costello and both a namesake and kinsman of Dubhaltach Caoch Mac Coisdealbhaigh, Costello was born in Ireland. He was educated for the army at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and served for a short time in India, British North America, and the West Indies. He left the army in 1828, and then passed some years in Paris, where he was introduced to Baron Cuvier,"
"Thomas Alexander Browne Thomas Alexander Browne (6 August 1826 – 11 March 1915) was an Australian author who published many of his works under the pseudonym Rolf Boldrewood. He is best known for his 1882 bushranging novel ""Robbery Under Arms"". Browne was born in London, the eldest child of Captain Sylvester John Brown, a shipmaster formerly of the East India Company, and his wife Elizabeth Angell, ""née"" Alexander. His mother was his ""earliest admirer and most indulgent critic . . . to whom is chiefly due whatever meed of praise my readers may hereafter vouchsafe"" (Dedication Old Melbourne Memories). (Thomas"
"Taylor Caldwell Janet Miriam Holland Taylor Caldwell (September 7, 1900August 30, 1985) was a British-born American novelist and prolific author of popular fiction, also known by the pen names Marcus Holland and Max Reiner, and by her married name of J. Miriam Reback. In her fiction, she often used real historical events or persons. Taylor Caldwell's best-known works include ""Dynasty of Death"", ""Dear and Glorious Physician"" (about Saint Luke), ""Ceremony of the Innocent"", ""Pillar of Iron"", ""The Earth is the Lord's"" (about Genghis Khan) and ""Captains and the Kings"". Her last major novel, ""Answer As a Man"", appeared in 1980."
"Georges Duhamel Georges Duhamel (; ; 30 June 1884 – 13 April 1966) was a French author, born in Paris. Duhamel trained as a doctor, and during World War I was attached to the French Army. In 1920, he published ""Confession de minuit"", the first of a series featuring the anti-hero Salavin. In 1935, he was elected as a member of the Académie française. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature twenty-seven times. He also the father of musicologue Antoine Duhamel. Georges Duhamel, born Denis Thévenin, was born in the 13th arrondissement of Paris on 30 June 1884."
"12 July 1932, shortly after completing his last book, ""The Last Straw"". Fergus Hume Fergusson Wright Hume (8 July 1859 – 12 July 1932), known as Fergus Hume, was a prolific English novelist. Hume was born in England, the second son of James Hume, a Scot. When he was three the family emigrated to Dunedin, New Zealand, where he was educated at Otago Boys' High School and studied law at the University of Otago. He was admitted to the New Zealand bar in 1885. Shortly after graduation Hume relocated to Melbourne, Australia, where he obtained a job as a barristers'"
"friendship, confusing Forster with constant avowals of his love. LGBT E. M. Forster Edward Morgan Forster (1 January 18797 June 1970) was an English novelist, short story writer, essayist and librettist. Many of his novels examined class difference and hypocrisy, including ""A Room with a View"" (1908), ""Howards End"" (1910) and ""A Passage to India"" (1924). The last brought him his greatest success. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 16 different years. Forster was born into an Anglo-Irish and Welsh family at 6 Melcombe Place, Dorset Square, London NW1, in a building that no longer exists."
"Richard Armour Richard Willard Armour (July 15, 1906 – February 28, 1989) was an American poet and author who wrote more than 65 books. Armour was born in San Pedro, Los Angeles, California. His father was a druggist, and Armour's autobiographical ""Drug Store Days"" recalls his childhood in both San Pedro and Pomona. He attended Pomona College and Harvard University, where he studied with the eminent Shakespearean scholar George Lyman Kittredge and obtained a Ph.D. in English philology. He eventually became Professor of English at Scripps College and the Claremont Graduate School in Claremont, California. In his early career he"
"John Graves (author) John Alexander Graves III (August 6, 1920 – July 31, 2013) was an American writer known for his book ""Goodbye to a River"". As a child growing up in Fort Worth and at his grandfather's ranch in Cuero, Graves was keenly interested in the landscape around him. He graduated from Rice Institute (now Rice University) in 1942. He subsequently served as a captain in the Marine Corps during World War II, until being wounded by a Japanese grenade on the island of Saipan. After the war, he went to graduate school at Columbia University, receiving his master's"
"breast cancer on 8 October 1923. Florence Montgomery Florence Montgomery (1843–1923) was an English novelist and children's writer. Her 1869 novel ""Misunderstood"" was enjoyed by Lewis Carroll and George Du Maurier, and by Vladimir Nabokov as a child. Her writings are pious in tone and set in fashionable society. She was born Florence Harriet Montgomery in Chelsea, London, on 17 January 1843, the second of the seven surviving children of Admiral Alexander Leslie Montgomery (1807–1888) and his wife Caroline Rose Campbell (1818–1909) of Hampton Court, Middlesex. Her father was also an MP. He succeeded to a baronetcy in 1878. He"
"Must Say Hello To Everybody"". Robert McAlmon Robert Menzies McAlmon (also used Robert M. McAlmon, as his signature name, March 9, 1895 – February 2, 1956) was an American author, poet and publisher. McAlmon was born in Clifton, Kansas, the youngest of 10 children of an itinerant Presbyterian minister. He died in Desert Hot Springs, California, at the age of 60. McAlmon was admitted to the University of Minnesota in 1916, but only spent one semester there before enlisting in the United States Army Air Corps in 1918. At the conclusion of World War I, he returned to university (1917–1920),"
"of World War I, and the story of the two lovers, Frederic Henry and Catherine Barkley, includes graphic details of a childbirth gone awry. This story strays greatly from traditionalist literature, the majority of American literature at the time, which depicted good prevailing over evil. Some cities, including Boston, banned ""A Farewell to Arms"" in 1929, labeling the book ""salacious."" In addition, Boston in the 1920s censored other novels such as ""The American Mercury"", ""Elmer Gantry"", ""An American Tragedy"", ""Strange Interlude"", and ""Lady Chatterley’s Lover"". The rise of censorship in Boston aroused local opposition. The Harvard Crimson in 1929 wrote,"
"2009, of pneumonia due to complications from lung cancer. H. B. Gilmour Harriet B. Gilmour (November 24, 1939, Brooklyn, New York – June 21, 2009, Cornwallville, New York) was a bestselling author of movie novelizations and books for young adults and children. She grew up in Williamsburg, Brooklyn with her mother an extended family, and wrote her first poem for Arbor Day when she was eight years old. As a teenager, she moved to Florida to live with her father. She attended college there and then moved back to New York City. Gilmour’s first publishing job was at E. P."
"his works are considered classics of American literature. Hemingway was raised in Oak Park, Illinois. After high school, he reported for a few months for ""The Kansas City Star"" before leaving for the Italian Front to enlist as an ambulance driver in World War I. In 1918, he was seriously wounded and returned home. His wartime experiences formed the basis for his novel ""A Farewell to Arms"" (1929). In 1921, he married Hadley Richardson, the first of what would be four wives. The couple moved to Paris, where he worked as a foreign correspondent and fell under the influence of"
"Kurowsky, later wrote several stories about it, including ""A Farewell to Arms"". The film's plot starts in Italy during World War I, where the president of the United States sends teams of Red Cross doctors and nurses to boost Italian morale and help care for the wounded. Volunteers drive ambulances and work in the front line canteens. Ernest Hemingway (Chris O'Donnell), a 19-year-old boy, becomes an ambulance driver in Italy, although he wishes to become a reporter and writer. In an attempt to fight against the enemy, he ends up with a broken leg, trying to save a companion from"
"Robin Estridge Robin Estridge, a.k.a. Robin York and Philip Loraine (1 May 1920 – 24 October 2002) was a British author of suspense fiction and screenwriter. He was born Robin Phillip Lorraine Estridge on 1 May 1920, in London, England. His real name was ""Robin Estridge"", but he mostly published novels under the name of Robin York and Philip Loraine. Today, he has been somewhat forgotten by many readers as well as collectors of crime fiction. ""Sea Change"" (1982) is one of his best known novels. An introductory note to ""And to My Beloved Husband"" written under the pseudonym Philip"
"the Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Millennium New Year Honours. Frances Partridge Frances Catherine Partridge CBE (née Marshall; 15 March 1900 – 5 February 2004) was an English writer. Closely connected to the Bloomsbury Group, she is probably best known for the publication of her diaries. She married Ralph Partridge (1894 – 30 November 1960) in 1933. The couple had one son, (Lytton) Burgo Partridge (1935–1963). Born in Bedford Square in London, she was the youngest of six children of William Marshall, an English architect and losing finalist at the first Wimbledon tennis championship in"
"Roald Dahl Roald Dahl (; 13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a British novelist, short story writer, poet, screenwriter, and fighter pilot. His books have sold more than 250 million copies worldwide. Born in Wales to Norwegian immigrant parents, Dahl served in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. He became a flying ace and intelligence officer, rising to the rank of acting wing commander. He rose to prominence as a writer in the 1940s with works for both children and adults, and he became one of the world's best-selling authors. He has been referred to"
"a foil for the book's treatment of Islam in France. Current editions : Joris-Karl Huysmans Charles-Marie-Georges Huysmans (; 5 February 1848 in Paris – 12 May 1907 in Paris) was a French novelist and art critic who published his works as Joris-Karl Huysmans (, variably abbreviated as J. K. or J.-K.). He is most famous for the novel ""À rebours"" (1884, published in English as ""Against the Grain"" or ""Against Nature""). He supported himself by a 30-year career in the French civil service. Huysmans' work is considered remarkable for its idiosyncratic use of the French language, large vocabulary, descriptions, satirical"
"""The Sleeping Bacchus"" is his scarce first and only novel, the story of an art robbery. Saunders was also a postwar commentator on the scouting movements during World War II, chronicled in ""The Left Handshake"", written in 1948. Hilary Saint George Saunders Hilary Aidan Saint George Saunders MC (14 January 1898 – 16 December 1951) was a British author, born in Clifton near Bristol. During World War I he commissioned into the Welsh Guards, and served with 1st battalion on the Western Front. He was awarded the Military Cross for an action on 6 November 1918 near Bavay in northern"
"earned praise as ""one of the best lady teachers in the service in New Brunswick."" Armour died on 24 April 1891, within three weeks of the death of her mother, whose will, signed only days before in favour of Armour and her husband, was contested by one of her sisters. She was interred in the Old Burial Ground, Fredericton, where the headstone gives her year of birth as 1847. Armour's first novel, ""Lady Rosamond's Secret. A Romance of Fredericton"" (1878), was published by the ""Saint John Telegraph"". It dealt with life in Fredericton during the New Brunswick lieutenant-generalship of Sir"
"for Miss Peacock"" (1965), and ""The Splintered Monday"" (1966). The following films were adapted from Armstrong's novels and stories. Charlotte Armstrong Charlotte Armstrong Lewi (May 2, 1905, in Vulcan, Michigan – July 7, 1969, in Glendale, California) was an American author. Under the names Charlotte Armstrong and Jo Valentine she wrote 29 novels, as well as short stories, plays, and screenplays. She also worked for ""The New York Times"" advertising department, as a fashion reporter for ""Breath of the Avenue"" (a buyer's guide), and in an accounting firm. Armstrong Lewi graduated from Vulcan High School in Vulcan, Michigan, in June"
"Men at Arms (Waugh novel) Men at Arms is a 1952 novel by the British novelist Evelyn Waugh. ""Men at Arms"" is the first novel in Waugh's ""Sword of Honour"" series, the author's look at the Second World War. The novels loosely parallel Waugh's wartime experiences. The protagonist is Guy Crouchback, heir of a declining aristocratic English Roman Catholic family. Guy has spent his thirties at the family villa in Italy shunning the world after the failure of his marriage and has decided to return to England at the very beginning of the Second World War, in the belief that"
"Jeremy Lloyd John Jeremy Lloyd, OBE (22 July 1930 – 23 December 2014) was an English writer, screenwriter, author, poet and actor, best known as co-author and writer of several successful British sitcoms, including ""Are You Being Served?"" and ""'Allo 'Allo!"". John Jeremy Lloyd was born in Danbury, Essex to a mother who had been a dancer, and a petroleum engineer father who served as an officer in the Royal Engineers at the beginning of World War II. As a child he was sent to live with his grandmother in Manchester and rarely saw his parents, who he claimed had"